Jules she/herOct 2, 2025

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jm3wxvlkjo

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Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

Show threadCraig Stewart
@afewbugs I wish I had a job where I could declare doing my actual job was too difficult, so I'm not going to do my job so that I could do other tasks I consider more important.
Oct 2, 2025 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKOct 2, 2025
@pmb00cs @afewbugs BTP aren't even investigating car thefts by stations (and then folk wonder why people would rather drive to the whole destination than take the train, as at least many car parks away from stations and private dwellings have better security)
Show threadDan HattonOct 2, 2025
@pmb00cs TBF, I've written quite a few self-assessments for annual performance reviews of the form "I didn't achieve all the objectives set out in last year's performance review, but I did achieve this list of extra things that I decided would be a good idea during the course of the year, so it all averages out to a satisfactory performance".
Show threadCraig StewartOct 2, 2025
@only_ohm declaring "I didn't manage to do this thing because I ended up doing that thing instead" is not the same as "I won't do this thing because I think it's too hard". The BTP aren't apologising for their failure to investigate bike thefts with the things they did manage to investigate instead, they're saying they won't investigate bike thefts in future. The distinction is important.